Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Cassava experts are warning that the rapidly proliferating cassava brown streak virus [CBSD] could cause a 50 percent drop in production of a crop that provides a significant source of food and income for 300 million Africans.
There have been recent reports of new outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — the world’s 3rd largest cassava producer — and Angola, where production has boomed in recent years. The spread of the disease to West Africa and particularly Nigeria is a major
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